Over the past two decades, the UK has developed a cultural understanding that great cities have great inner-city music festivals. Cases in point would include London with the Notting Hill carnival, Li…
Gig Preview: Dragonforce at Riverside, Newcastle
The mighty Dragonforce will be storming Riverside, Newcastle on Thursday 5th October as part of their ‘Reaching Infinity’ world tour. The epic six-piece is known for their furiously fast g…
Comedy: Rob Rouse + James Meehan at The Venue, Northallerton
Acclaimed by Time-Out as a ‘born clown’, Rob Rouse and his ‘nonchalant’ pal James Meehan are set to perform at The Venue, Northallerton on Thursday 5th October in an event hosted by Lancashire comedy …
Art: Donna Kukama’s Frieze Project at MIMA, Middlesbrough
Some of my favourite cultural events and acts that I experience here in the North East are, more often than not, acts or events curated by people who have come from a faraway land. Stockton Internatio…
Review: A New Nowhere – ‘Lightning’ Single
Newcastle’s very own four-piece rock band, A New Nowhere, has been crafting an album all September and, thankfully, their latest single has just been released. With their influences including ba…
Gig Review: Galaxians at The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle – 18/08/2017
Certain music critics often remind us that disco was born out of the American economic slump of the 1970s. As much as an act of social, hedonistic, defiance against a climate of unemployment and auste…
Theatre: World’s First Pop-Up Theatre to Visit Darlington
Darlington’s Market Square will play host to the world’s first pop-up, plug-in and play theatre – the Paines Plough Roundabout, from Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 October as part of Darlington Theatre T…
Event: What’s Left? A Century in Revolution at Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
With the presentation of culture in the UK often focused towards ‘pop’ and the here and now, rarely are we given an opportunity to challenge our beliefs of what our culture is, and where it comes from…
Review: Bruto ‘Meet My Enemies’ Single
Around the turn of the century, the decline of music’s ‘singles’ market meant that singles tended to be used as loss-leading, promotional tools for still, profitable albums. Often appearing in multi …
Feature: Hartlepool Folk Festival
After a sell-out in 2016, Hartlepool Folk Festival is back for its third year between 13 – 15th October – and it looks like being bigger and better than ever! Legends including Martin Carthy, Jon Bode…